Shot to trot

Emotional mustard gas
Steven Spielberg manages a rare feat with War Horse, his adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's epic
equine adventure which sees a horse Forrest Gump its way
around WWI: it's both what everyone hoped and what everyone feared.
On the one hand, it's Spielberg playing it safe - imbued with a
sense of childhood innocence. And yet, as Joey the horse passes
from Jeremy Irvine's farm boy, to Tom Hiddleston's captain, into German hands and back again,
you'll find yourself smitten.